impregnate

Verb
  1. Fill, as with a certain quality (synset 200499380)
    "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide"
    is a type of: fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense
    same as: infuse, instill, tincture
  2. Infuse or fill completely (synset 200498786)
    "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"
    is a type of: fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense
    subtypes:
    • medicate - impregnate with a medicinal substance
    • alcoholise, alcoholize - treat or infuse with alcohol
    • imbue, soak - fill, soak, or imbue totally
    • ammonify - treat with ammonia; cause to undergo ammonification
    • thoriate - impregnate with thorium oxide to increase thermionic emission
    • stuff - treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting
    • charge - saturate
    • drench, imbrue - permeate or impregnate
    same as: saturate
  3. Fertilize and cause to grow (synset 200053058)
    "the egg was impregnated"
    is a type of: fecundate, fertilise, fertilize, inseminate - introduce semen into (a female)
    subtypes: inoculate - impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune
    verb group: bang up, impregnate, knock up, prang up - make pregnant
  4. Make pregnant (synset 200052876)
    "He impregnated his wife again"
    is a type of: fecundate, fertilise, fertilize, inseminate - introduce semen into (a female)
    same as: bang up, knock up, prang up
    verb group: impregnate - fertilize and cause to grow

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